Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company has learned from past mistakes and will not miss out as the industry continues a trend towards cloud services that are able to support work and entertainment from any location.
The software company is more accustomed to selling and offering customers packaged software, although cloud computing is expected to increase in popularity.
“Cloud computing represents the next frontier,” Ballmer proclaimed during Microsoft’s recent annual meeting of Silicon Valley executives. “We’ve been betting or investing in the cloud for about 10 years and in earnest for about six or seven years.”
As consumers continue to access content from mobile phones, tablets, TVs, and a wider variety of products, the growth of cloud computing will continue. Some businesses are hesitant to embrace cloud computing, but that may cause them to miss out on a future multi-billion dollar industry.
Microsoft clearly doesn’t want to be left out as home users and the enterprise continue to seek cloud-based computing services. The Xbox 360 game console’s Project Natal, scheduled for release this fall, should be able to extend further than just gaming. Microsoft believes Natal’s use of facial recognition technology can be used to watch TV, to chat with friends, video calls and for additional online services.
During a speech at the University of Washington in March, Ballmer even said Microsoft is “all in” for cloud computing efforts. Indeed, the company’s Azure platform will also give developers the chance to create new cloud apps and services in a unique coding environment ranging from a cloud OS to cloud database.
Microsoft has faced fierce competition in markets that it previously held strangleholds on, so it’s good to see the company continue to make changes and anticipate success through cloud computing. Once the economy is “reset” it should provide a clear avenue towards opportunity for Microsoft and other companies that hope to be on the forefront of new cloud-based products.
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Cloud Computing: All you base are belong to us. We've also been keylogging your bank account, credit card details, and have complete access your facebook profile. Actually, we already had access to your full facebook profile, because we're a facebook advertiser anyway. Damn you myspace users!!!!!
Cloud computing is a great advance of technology whereby the user gives up all rights to their software, media, and user data to whomever is hosting it.
There's no piracy where there's no PC's.
Cloud Vendor: Here's your thin client with fast internet connection ... here's your monthly bill for internet access, OS and general software (MS office online not included, premium subscription required), storage (premium subscriptions provide 2GB, 5GB, 10GB & upwards), and content subscription. Failure to pay this subscription bill on time will result in your profile being deleted, which includes your user data, customizations and content subscriptions. As per standard terms and agreements, USB and external storage ports have been disabled for your protection, not for the protection of the cloud computing environment, nor protection of profits by preventing users backing up their data & profile so that they can move to a non-cloud environment or to an alternative cloud computing vendor.
Why you ask ?
Because it's new and they are telling us it's good and we have a lot of sheep in this world that just follow anything new, good or bad if they are told it's good and it's the wave of the future.
Only the name "Cloud Computing" is bullshit. It just means that you can access your data/cpu power anywhere anytime.. Duh..
And there really is not a real cloud computing. The data has to be stored somehwere. Sure, a 5 redundant x RAID 10 seperated over 5 different locations around the planet (in case of meteor attack and/or alien invasion) makes your data safe everywhere.
In the end it does not matter if there is cloud compuing or not. If you use a nice cool encrypting tool like TrueCrypt correctly, not even all the clouds in the world can try and recover your data.
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Originally Posted by bean55
Because it's new and they are telling us it's good and we have a lot of sheep in this world that just follow anything new, good or bad if they are told it's good and it's the wave of the future.
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And the 3G and 4G phones that have to be upgraded every year too keep your cool status.
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Originally Posted by bean55
And the 3G and 4G phones that have to be upgraded every year too keep your cool status.
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Originally Posted by DukeNukem
There used to be a time when people were cool because of who they were, not what they owned. I guess those days are gone. Very sad.
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Fashion -> How cool you are is defined by what you are wearing, and how many bones are showing.
Business -> How cool you are is defined by what you are wearing, and how big your office is, and what your desk is made of. You should also have a lute, or other peasanty ancient ancestor of the modern guitar. A Eukele is probably not going to help your credibility.
Stupid Rich People -> How cool you are is defined by what you are wearing (and how daggy they are), and how big your credit limit is.
Cattle Class -> How cool you are is defined by which iphone you have.
Nuff said
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Originally Posted by DukeNukem
There used to be a time when people were cool because of who they were, not what they owned. I guess those days are gone. Very sad.
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